(FOX40.COM) — A California man pleaded guilty on Aug. 22 for his role in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration out of $15.9 million in loans through the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs. • Video above: Northern California doctor explains why California is seeing COVID summer surge

The Department of Justice said that, according to the court documents, from April 2002 to 2022, Emanuel Tucker, 45, of Canyon Lake and other co-conspirators had submitted a dozen fraudulent PPL and EIDL loan applications on behalf of various companies.

The applications had materials that misrepresent the company, including the number of employees, average monthly payroll, gross revenue, cost of goods, and supporting documents, the DOJ said.

Tucker used the

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